Speedinvest

SpeedInvest GmbH is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2011. It specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on technology-related startups across Europe, particularly in sectors such as deep tech, fintech, insurtech, consumer tech, and marketplaces. The firm typically invests between €0.25 million and €3 million in pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages, while preferring to acquire minority stakes of up to 20% in its portfolio companies. SpeedInvest aims to be actively involved in the companies it invests in, often taking on operational roles for six months to one year. With additional offices in cities like San Francisco, Berlin, Paris, and London, SpeedInvest leverages a global network to support entrepreneurs in building successful businesses, thus contributing to the development of Europe’s startup ecosystem.

Marie-Helene Ametsreiter

General Partner, Portfolio Success

Jeroen Arts

Partner

Julian Blessin

General Partner

Charlie Boles

Senior Associate

Estelle Botbol

Senior Associate

Eric Bovee

General Partner

Daniela Caserotto-Leibert

Venture Partner

Stephen Croome

Principal

Anthony Danon

Principal

Sophia Escheu

Associate

Joerg Floeck

Executive Chairman

Heinrich Gröller

Venture Partner

Frederik Hagenauer

Partner

Audrey Handem

Associate

Jingchun Rick Hao

Partner

Jingchun Hao

Partner

Oliver Holle

CEO, Managing Partner and Managing Director

Daniel Keiper-Knorr

General Partner and Founder

Lawrence Kilian

Principal, Corporate Development and M&A

Stefan Klestil

Partner

Mathias Knaur

Venture Partner

Namratha Kothapalli

Principal

Markus Krainz

Venture Partner

Markus Lang

Partner

Tom Filip Lesche

Partner

Alexis Majos

Principal

Enrique Martínez-Hausmann

Principal

Klaus Matzka

Partner

Wissam Nadreddine

Principal

Wissam Nasreddine

Principal

Florian Obst

Principal

Mathias Ockenfels

Partner

Herbert Ortner

Venture Partner

Mariya Osadchaya-Isa

Principal

Alvaro Perezcano

Senior Associate

Konstantin Schmeisser

Associate

Leonard Schmid

Senior Associate

Andreas Schwarzenbrunner

Principal

Olga Shikhantsova

Principal

Michael Sieghart

CFO, Managing Partner and Managing Director

Evgeny Slavin

Senior Associate

Katharine Spooner

Senior Associate

Philipp Stangl

Investment Manager

Yang Tran

Venture Partner

Jürgen Wahl

Venture Partner

Past deals in Personal Finance

Friday Finance

Series A in 2022
Developer of financial management software designed for European startups and small to medium-sized businesses. The company's platform helps to pay bills, create forecasts, streamline their month-end close, and get financing from one place, delivers more control, visibility, time savings, and automation to modern finance teams, enabling businesses to pay bills and manage their different bank accounts in one place.

Pemo

Seed Round in 2022
Pemo is an all-in-one spend management solution that empowers your business by packing every company invoice, expense, approval and spending decision into one powerful platform. Our offering includes smart corporate cards, invoice payment systems and expense tracking functions. These are supported by automated approval flows, direct accounting integration and real-time reporting - features that allow business owners to save time, save money, automate admin and every expense so you can get on with what you do best - building great businesses.

Abhi

Series A in 2022
Abhi is a financial wellness platform that offers salary advances to employees based on their accrued wages. The company's application allows employees to access their unpaid wages without hidden charges, providing a straightforward solution for financial needs. In addition to salary advances, Abhi facilitates services such as invoice factoring and payroll processing. This enables employers to manage their payroll efficiently and ensures timely payments to employees, even during financial challenges. By streamlining access to funds, Abhi aims to enhance the financial well-being of both businesses and their employees.

Finary

Series A in 2022
Finary is a digital wealth management platform based in Europe that enables individuals to track and manage their financial assets effectively. The platform caters to the mass affluent, offering tailored services for personal finance, real estate, cryptocurrencies, insurance, and various securities. Finary provides users with a comprehensive overview of their asset allocation, allowing them to monitor and analyze their investments. This functionality is designed to empower users to make informed decisions and optimize their financial strategies, ultimately enhancing their wealth management experience.

Unstoppable Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Unstoppable Finance is building an intuitive crypto wallet bringing Decentralized Finance to everyday investors globally.

Unstoppable Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Unstoppable Finance is building an intuitive crypto wallet bringing Decentralized Finance to everyday investors globally.

Predictus

Series B in 2021
FairMoney is a mobile banking platform that provides credit solutions to private and business borrowers by leveraging smartphone data to create instant credit scores. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, France, the company operates with a team of 45 professionals across Paris and Lagos, Nigeria. FairMoney has successfully disbursed over 350,000 loans, aiming to expand financial access for millions in Africa and South-East Asia. The company is supported by a range of European and American investors, emphasizing its commitment to innovation and growth in the microfinance sector.

Friday Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of financial management software designed for European startups and small to medium-sized businesses. The company's platform helps to pay bills, create forecasts, streamline their month-end close, and get financing from one place, delivers more control, visibility, time savings, and automation to modern finance teams, enabling businesses to pay bills and manage their different bank accounts in one place.

Finary

Seed Round in 2021
Finary is a digital wealth management platform based in Europe that enables individuals to track and manage their financial assets effectively. The platform caters to the mass affluent, offering tailored services for personal finance, real estate, cryptocurrencies, insurance, and various securities. Finary provides users with a comprehensive overview of their asset allocation, allowing them to monitor and analyze their investments. This functionality is designed to empower users to make informed decisions and optimize their financial strategies, ultimately enhancing their wealth management experience.

Finary

Seed Round in 2021
Finary is a digital wealth management platform based in Europe that enables individuals to track and manage their financial assets effectively. The platform caters to the mass affluent, offering tailored services for personal finance, real estate, cryptocurrencies, insurance, and various securities. Finary provides users with a comprehensive overview of their asset allocation, allowing them to monitor and analyze their investments. This functionality is designed to empower users to make informed decisions and optimize their financial strategies, ultimately enhancing their wealth management experience.

Lizza

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Finnu is a financial services technology company based out of Barcelona, Spain, giving its users access to affordable asset-backed consumer loans via its mobile app. Finnu leverages machine learning and alternative phone usage data points, as well as mobile device management (MDM) technology to deliver credit to those, who are usually overlooked by other lenders. With Finnu, users can not only fully digitally apply and receive loans via their phones, but use their phones as collaterals to significantly reduce interest rates. Finnu is backed and supported by top-tier venture capital funds from Europe and Latin America.

FinCompare

Series A in 2020
FinCompare GmbH operates a financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises where they can overview the financing options available for their company. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Predictus

Series A in 2019
FairMoney is a mobile banking platform that provides credit solutions to private and business borrowers by leveraging smartphone data to create instant credit scores. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, France, the company operates with a team of 45 professionals across Paris and Lagos, Nigeria. FairMoney has successfully disbursed over 350,000 loans, aiming to expand financial access for millions in Africa and South-East Asia. The company is supported by a range of European and American investors, emphasizing its commitment to innovation and growth in the microfinance sector.

FinCompare

Series A in 2018
FinCompare GmbH operates a financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises where they can overview the financing options available for their company. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Predictus

Seed Round in 2018
FairMoney is a mobile banking platform that provides credit solutions to private and business borrowers by leveraging smartphone data to create instant credit scores. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, France, the company operates with a team of 45 professionals across Paris and Lagos, Nigeria. FairMoney has successfully disbursed over 350,000 loans, aiming to expand financial access for millions in Africa and South-East Asia. The company is supported by a range of European and American investors, emphasizing its commitment to innovation and growth in the microfinance sector.

Loot

Series A in 2017
Loot Financial Services Ltd., based in London, provides innovative financial solutions through its current account and contactless Mastercard services. Established in 2014, the company offers a digital application that simplifies money management by combining a prepaid debit card with budgeting tools. Users benefit from features such as real-time spending tracking and the ability to set weekly budgets, allowing them to manage their finances effectively without the need for manual entry of expenses. Loot is focused on enhancing user experience by offering insights into spending patterns and enabling users to pause and unpause their cards as needed.

FinCompare

Seed Round in 2017
FinCompare GmbH operates a financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises where they can overview the financing options available for their company. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Loot

Venture Round in 2016
Loot Financial Services Ltd., based in London, provides innovative financial solutions through its current account and contactless Mastercard services. Established in 2014, the company offers a digital application that simplifies money management by combining a prepaid debit card with budgeting tools. Users benefit from features such as real-time spending tracking and the ability to set weekly budgets, allowing them to manage their finances effectively without the need for manual entry of expenses. Loot is focused on enhancing user experience by offering insights into spending patterns and enabling users to pause and unpause their cards as needed.

Loot

Venture Round in 2016
Loot Financial Services Ltd., based in London, provides innovative financial solutions through its current account and contactless Mastercard services. Established in 2014, the company offers a digital application that simplifies money management by combining a prepaid debit card with budgeting tools. Users benefit from features such as real-time spending tracking and the ability to set weekly budgets, allowing them to manage their finances effectively without the need for manual entry of expenses. Loot is focused on enhancing user experience by offering insights into spending patterns and enabling users to pause and unpause their cards as needed.

Pleo

Seed Round in 2016
Pleo Technologies ApS is a financial technology company that provides prepaid MasterCard virtual and physical cards designed for businesses in Denmark and the United Kingdom. Founded in 2015 by Jeppe Rindom and Niccolo Perra, Pleo aims to simplify business spending through its user-friendly platform, which includes a mobile and web app for tracking expenses and managing users. The company's cards are widely accepted by merchants globally, and they are paired with tools to provide real-time analytics, automate bookkeeping, and generate automatic expense reports, thereby enhancing visibility over company spending. Pleo operates from offices in London and Copenhagen, supporting its mission to revolutionize expense management for modern teams.

Finnest

Seed Round in 2015
Finnest GmbH is an online crowdfunding platform founded in 2014 and headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The company focuses on providing established small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with alternative access to the capital market, enabling investors to participate in private placements of financially sound businesses. Finnest has developed a unique approach that combines corporate financing with crowd-investing, utilizing a reverse blind auction system where investors propose investment offers and set their own annual interest rates. This method incorporates elements from traditional book-building mechanisms used in corporate bonds, along with marketing and loyalty effects typical of crowd financing. Finnest primarily assists investors from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland in offering qualified subordinated loans to selected companies in Austria and Germany. In 2019, Finnest became a subsidiary of Invesdor Oy.

Holvi

Seed Round in 2014
Holvi Payment Services Oy is a digital banking provider headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, specializing in solutions for entrepreneurs and small to medium-sized enterprises. Founded in 2011, Holvi offers a comprehensive suite of services including an online sales platform, invoicing system, cash flow tracker, digital current account, and automated bookkeeping, all designed to streamline financial management. The company combines these features with the Holvi Business MasterCard, enabling businesses to manage sales, expenses, and financial reporting in a unified platform. As a licensed Payment Institution authorized by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Finland, Holvi operates throughout the European Union, focusing on simplifying the financial administration for micro businesses and startups. Since 2016, Holvi has been a subsidiary of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
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